Health authorities across Victoria's Goulburn Murray have welcomed the establishment of a national task force to tackle the drug 'ice'.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott is putting together the task force to be headed by former Victorian police chief commissioner Ken Lay.

Clinical mental health leader with Albury Wodonga Health, Alan Fisher, said bringing all the agencies together to address the problem was overdue.

He said he hoped that getting people into rehabilitation and detox facilities as quickly as possible was part of the multi-pronged approach.

"Treatment services have lengthy delays and that can be discouraging for people trying to get help and it certainly doesn't help with the quality of people's lives or ability to work and that sort of thing," he said.

"[It's] not always about throwing millions and millions of dollars, it's about how you spend it and what specifically you do.

"They're recognising that often people using crystal meth are also using other substances as well in hazardous amounts which makes the situation more complicated and it certainly can be a barrier in getting to treatment.

"The response can't be down to one service or system, it needs to be shared across the services and people."

North-East Law Association says national ice task force 'a step in the right direction'

The president of the North-East Law Association, Danny Frigerio said the national task force was a step in the right direction.

Mr Frigerio said courts in the region were being inundated with cases related to the use of ice and he hoped the task force would be much more than just another inquiry.

"The terms of reference aren't that clear just yet but I think it's a step in the right direction in terms of there being another level of government looking at the issue," he said.

"There's not a day when the courts do not see a number of cases that are related to the use of ice and that ice is all pervasive and affects all levels of the community."